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Wednesday Warmup: Acceleration (2013-05-08)

Acceleration measures how quickly objects change their velocity. Changing your speed gradually feels fine, but changing your speed quickly can hurt!

ACCELERATION FROM A VT GRAPH


1. Which region shows more acceleration--A or B?

A
B
Both the same!

2. Which region shows more acceleration--B or C?

B
C
Both the same

3. Which region shows more acceleration--A or C?

A
C
Both the same

4. Which region shows more acceleration--B or D?

B
D
Both the same

5. Which region shows more acceleration--D or E?

D
E
Both the same

6. Which region shows more acceleration--E or F?

E
F
Both the same

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Wednesday Exercise: Comparing Gs (2013-05-08)

This exercise gives you clues about acceleration to solve a ranking puzzle...

Follow this link and successfully rank the acceleration of a series of events.

To get credit for this exercise,

• take a screenshot of your Success message;
• annotate it by explaining what it means to "have more Gs";
• Choose file, and Submit!